Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 25, 2020

Projects are encouraged to apply concurrent (as opposed to sequential) design methodologies: control co-design, co-design, and designing for operation and maintenance. The University of Michigan. The University of Michigan proposes the RAFT concept as a solution for hydrokinetic energy harvesting. University of Washington.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 14, 2020

GEMINA’s goal is to reduce fixed operations and maintenance (O&M) costs from ~13 $/MWh in the current fleet to ~2 $/MWh in the advanced fleet. These GEMINA teams are working to develop tools for the advanced reactors of tomorrow to improve operations and lower maintenance costs by designing more autonomous, and efficient processes.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 20, 2021

The keys to commercialization have been demonstrating cost, size and optimized energy consumption in line with automotive requirements. The ignition technology advances made by TPS in 2021 have enabled us to significantly narrow the gap to commercialization. —Dan Singleton, CEO and co-founder of Transient Plasma Systems.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 6, 2019

Electric bus manufacturer Proterra launched Proterra Powered vehicle electrification solutions, leveraging Proterra’s electric vehicle technology and expertise to help commercial vehicle manufacturers electrify their heavy-duty vehicles. The Proterra Powered group is led by Toby Kraus.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 16, 2021

A team of scientists from six institutions, including Akihiro Moriyoshi, Emeritus Professor Hokkaido University, have found that the presence of Trace Quantities of Organic Matter (TQOM) in modern concrete structures and asphalt pavements drive the deterioration of these structures. CT scans showing cracks in damaged concrete.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 6, 2020

Retrofitting and subsequent maintenance of the innovations will be simplified, and the return on investment (RoI) for owners is expected to be approximately 400%. Commercialization of the developments is anticipated to take place in the European and Asian short-sea markets by 2025, followed thereafter by expansion into the deep-sea market.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 7, 2020

REPAIR teams will develop technology that enables gas utilities to update their distribution systems at low cost and continue to reliably service commercial and residential gas delivery needs nationwide. University of Colorado, Boulder. University of Maryland. —ARPA-E Director Lane Genatowski. Autonomic Materials.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 2, 2014

The initial three-year project is being undertaken by HySA Systems Competence Centre at its University of the Western Cape research facility. Fuel cells, because they do not have any moving parts, are less maintenance-intensive than conventional APUs.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 26, 2020

The implementation of this industrial and commercial ecosystem will take place gradually between 2021 and 2024, replacing the production of new vehicles. Groupe Renault is creating the REFACTORY in Flins, the first European circular economy site dedicated to mobility. By 2030, it will employ more than 3,000 people in dedicated professions.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 31, 2019

With the high costs and operational complexities surrounding electric vehicle (EV) deployments within commercial fleets, EV manufacturer BYD announced a preferred partnership with charging infrastructure provider AMPLY Power. The company assumes the full financial responsibility of utility account and provides the fleet with flat usage rates.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 18, 2012

California State University and Los Angeles Auxiliary Services, Inc. This project will collect data from hydrogen refueling architecture deployed at California State University - Los Angeles. The research team will collect data on station operation, maintenance, repair and energy consumption. DOE Award: $150,000).

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 13, 2013

The main conclusions of NREL’s analysis were: Several of the studies tested relatively large numbers of engines or vehicles, including the Coordinating Research Council’s (CRC) engine durability study (28 engines); the University of Minnesota’s in-use fleet study (80 vehicles); and the US DOE’s catalyst durability study (82 vehicles).

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 14, 2016

At the recent Paris Motor Show, Faurecia showed the Amminex solution for commercial vehicles, as well as an ASDS system in a new format for passenger cars. In increasing its participation to 91.5%, Faurecia expects to intensify the development of this technology for both commercial vehicles and passenger cars.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 3, 2020

GAMOW teams will work to close multiple fusion-specific technological gaps that will be needed to connect a net-energy-gain “fusion core," once it is ready, to a deployable, commercially attractive fusion system. University of California, San Diego. University of Houston. Savannah River National Laboratory.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 3, 2012

The dissolved nutrients promote the formation of obstructive struvite—magnesium ammonium phosphate (NH 4 MgPO 4 ·6H 2 O)—scale in piping, pumps and valves resulting in severe impacts to plant reliability, efficiency and operating and maintenance costs.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 10, 2012

The first Pratt & Whitney Rocketdyne commercial-scale high-pressure dry-solids feed pump was commissioned at the Environmental and Engineering Research Center on 10 April 2012. If successful, Pratt & Whitney Rocketdyne will make the pump available to industry for commercial use. Source: NETL. Click to enlarge.

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Charged EVs

OCTOBER 25, 2024

Solar trackers were common when solar was expensive, but now that solar panels are inexpensive, the maintenance for the motors that move the panels is not a good idea. We have a relationship with EV Connect, and with LITEON, so we can use standard commercial chargers in addition to our own. We took a different approach.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 30, 2013

The project survey will include identifying barriers to standardizing, researching methods to implement battery system standards, and recommending potential paths to the commercial adoption of battery standards. This project includes $150,000 in match funding from San Diego Gas & Electric.

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Cars That Think

APRIL 18, 2025

A 100 gigahertz link using the tech was deployed at the Paris Olympics in 2024, and a commercial product is on the roadmap for 2027. Then, it uses AI to suggest necessary maintenance and to optimize scheduling. The result is a small glass chip that has 64 integrated circuits on one side and the antenna array on the other.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 22, 2010

The first phase of the project will examine the potential benefits of electric commercial vehicles in Cologne, then forecast how they could impact on Germany’s plans to deploy 1 million zero emission vehicles by 2020. The others are utility company RheinEnergie AG, the City of Cologne and the University of Duisburg-Essen.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 8, 2020

These projects will work to develop timely, commercially viable fusion energy, with the goal to increase the number and performance levels of lower-cost fusion concepts. Commercial fusion technology has long been viewed as an ideal energy source. University of Wisconsin-Madison. University of Maryland, Baltimore County.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 14, 2014

The Centre will have the aim of facilitating the development of safe and efficient nuclear power technologies based on advanced plant maintenance technology and proven decommissioning techniques in Europe, as part of Hitachi’s plan to expand its overseas nuclear power business.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 17, 2020

The Research Foundation for The SUNY Stony Brook University. University of Delaware. University of Maryland. Marquette University. Washington State University. Colorado State University. Regents of University of Minnesota. Purdue University. Clemson University. Achates Power.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 2, 2019

Fleet EV Charging: The program will provide a $2,500 rebate for 900 qualifying charging stations for commercial and industrial customers who operate fleets that are transitioning to electric and plug-in hybrid vehicles. Municipalities and universities also qualify for these rebates. The program follows a similar $10.4-million

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 14, 2021

Transit agencies, universities, and other commercial operators can now purchase Proterra battery-electric buses as well as Proterra charging infrastructure through the Washington State Cooperating Purchasing program’s pre-established contract.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 6, 2009

Faced with the challenge of developing a battery management system in 18 months, the six-person Dongfeng Electric Vehicle engineering team determined that it needed to eliminate the debugging and maintenance effort of traditional hand-coding implementations.

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Design Motoring Motors Motor 210

Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 12, 2016

They estimate that the use of this machine within a vessel propulsion system could increase the total vessel efficiency by up to 10% and deliver a very low maintenance and robust propulsion system, suitable for a range of new build vessels and. Magnomatics.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 28, 2011

A new Carnegie Mellon University study released at the Washington Auto Show finds that for passenger cars, aadvanced vehicles with higher fuel economy—i.e, Our study considered a vehicle’s initial price and resale value along with other operating and maintenance costs. But that’s only one element of the equation. Elisabeth A.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 10, 2017

The use of a single electric powertrain system for all the city’s electric work trucks simplifies the maintenance and operation of a growing municipal electric vehicle fleet, reducing the cost of spare parts and training. Using the Motiv universal high power charger (480V, 50 kW), the ERV batteries will easily reach full charge overnight.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 3, 2010

This project marks the beginning of our initial, pre-commercial infrastructure deployment in Hawaii. The Hawaii Center for Advanced Transportation Technologies, which will provide the facilities for maintenance, will also have charge infrastructure onsite. Kyo-ya will operate two of the electric vehicles.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 1, 2018

Using artificial neural networks, we are able to accurately predict fuel consumption and emissions of commercial and government fleets. LightningAnalytics is a predictive analytics system that helps fleets monitor vehicle maintenance and track routes, thereby decreasing fuel usage and emissions.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 30, 2009

No oil or other lubricants are needed, so maintenance is extremely low and the need to dispose of hazardous materials is eliminated. Capstone is the prime contractor for this project and will rely on support from Argonne National Laboratory, University of California at Irvine, and Packer Engineering, Inc.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 13, 2017

Proterra has delivered its buses to 36 different municipal, university and commercial transit agency customers in 20 states. To date, Proterra buses have completed more than 3,100,000 miles in revenue service, which equates to ~6,000 tons of GHG emissions reduced and more than $2 million saved in fuel and maintenance costs.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 11, 2014

This includes unlimited free hydrogen refueling in the area, and free maintenance. In addition, Tucson Fuel Cell owners will enjoy similar services enjoyed by Hyundai Equus owners, such as At Your Service Valet Maintenance at no extra cost. When we spoke with customers about fuel cell vehicles, many wondered about the cost of hydrogen.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 2, 2017

To date, BIRD Energy awardees have attracted more than $200 million in venture capital and other follow-on funding to commercialize clean energy technologies. Qualified projects must contribute at least 50% to project costs and commit to repay up to 150% of the grant if the project leads to commercial success. SoftWheel Ltd.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 21, 2011

These funding sources support construction and maintenance of the highway system. An adequate evaluation of MBUF technology must include a parallel policy evaluation, so Mn/DOT awarded a $395,000 contract to the University of Minnesota Humphrey School to conduct the policy study. —Ben Pierce, Battelle’s Project Manager.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 19, 2017

The three awardees moving forward: NEXTCAR (DE-AR0000793) Purdue University. REFUEL projects will use water, molecules from the air, and electricity from renewable sources to produce high-energy liquid fuels for transportation and other uses. REFUEL (DE-AR0000813) SAFCell, Inc.

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